[Bell Historians] Re: Bell frame for sale (of no practical use)

[Peter Humphreys]

I already do this - but the broken frame was beyond repair so the original
lenses were fitted into a new frame. 
Later (believe it or not) my over-vigorous attempt to remove paint splashes
from the lenses led to them being scratched so these too were replaced!
Now here's an interesting question. Should my present spectacles be
classified as 'new', since neither the frame nor the lenses are the
originals, or 'refurbished' even though none of the original elements have
been retained? Or something else? 
(This reminds me of the story of the road sweeper who had used the same
brush for all his working life, replacing the head 20 times and the handle
10!)

Peter Humphreys
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-----Original Message-----
From: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of jill.rogers96
Sent: 19 March 2008 23:38
To: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Bell Historians] Re: Bell frame for sale (of no practical use)

--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "Peter Humphreys" <pfh at ...> 
wrote:
>
> Sorry to come in late on this (just back after a week away).
> 
>  
> 
> My spectacles frame broke last year and I had it replaced. Should I 
have
> retained the old one?
> 
> There are people who want to keep your old spectacle frames.  They 
don't expect you to keep them perched on your head above the old ones, 
they usually give them to people in third world countries who need 
glasses and the condition of whose eyes are the same as yours.
Jill Rogers


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